City Arts

The year 2000. As Britain celebrates the new millennium, something fluorescent and futuristic is stirring in the crumbling council estates of inner city London. Making beats on stolen software, spitting lyrics on tower block rooftops and beaming out signals from pirate radio aerials, a group of teenagers raised on UK garage, American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae stumble upon a dazzling new genre. Against all odds, these young MCs will grow up to become some of the UK’s most famous musicians, scoring number one records and dominating British pop culture for years to come.

Forever a girl obsessed with all things French, sweet freak Amy Thomas landed a gig as rich as the purest dark chocolate: leave Manhattan for Paris to write ad copy for Louis Vuitton. Working on the Champs-Élysées, strolling the charming streets, and exploring the best patisseries and boulangeries, Amy marveled at the magnificence of the City of Light. But does falling in love with one city mean turning your back on another? As much as Amy adored Paris, there was part of her that felt like a humble chocolate chip cookie....

From Vancouver-based writer Chelene Knight, Dear Current Occupant is a creative non-fiction memoir about home and belonging set in the 80s and 90s of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Using a variety of forms, Knight reflects on her childhood through a series of letters addressed to all of the current occupants now living in the twenty different houses she moved in and out of with her mother and brother.

Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book. This is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be.

ART IMITATES MURDER... MURDER IMITATES ART in this second book, FATAL EXPRESSIONS, in Garry J. Petersons SHARKS IN THE CITY SERIES. Jonathan Garrett is a trendy San Francisco artist, reflecting his life stories into a self-fulfilling, dazzling career in expressionism art. His studio is well known, as his artwork has gained international fame. Jonathan's celebrity status takes a heart-stopping turn for the worse when the first of several serial murders occur in his studio... the victim, one of his models. He will discover life-changing secrets and events, turning his art world upside down, ...

Broadway is one of New York’s greatest treasures, and where there is treasure, there is a backstory. When it comes to Broadway, that backstory is fittingly juicy, dramatic, and unexpected. And no one knows these hidden histories like Teale Dvornik, who has been leading Broadway fans on tours of the theater district since 2017. With her immense knowledge and passion for the theater, Dvornik now takes listeners on her one-of-a-kind tour of Broadway.

After Math retails what becomes of the cast of characters introduced in Art, Mystery, joint and severally pursuing an erotic Rinascimento statuette attributed to Antonio Pollaiuolo, a pursuit that lands them in court. On the way, their collective and singular fates are unfolded and accounted for, the consequences of the truth of matters for them are brought to bear and a kind of rough justice is seen to have been done, as is appropriate in rough trade.

Throughout his 25-year journalistic career, David Carr was noted for his sharp and fearless observations, his uncanny sense of fairness and justice, and his remarkable compassion and wit. His writing was informed both by his own hardships as an addict, and his intense love of the journalist's craft. His range - from media politics to national politics, from rock-n-roll celebrities to the unknown civil servants who make our daily lives function - was broad and often timeless.

The journals of the Nobel Prize-winning author, beautifully illustrated with his own paintings

In a world ruled by gangs and survival, one boy's art might be his only way out. Sergio Torres, better known as Seeker, is a talented young graffiti artist navigating the brutal world of middle school gangs, broken families, and harsh realities. Torn between his loyalty to his friends in the Little Killerz and his passion for art, Seeker finds himself walking a dangerous line. When his best friend and gang leader Hector plots revenge against a teacher, Seeker must make a choice: stay loyal to the crew or risk everything to follow a different path. Told with raw honesty and emotional depth, ...

John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gangster mansions of Melbourne for forty years. His contact book is a who's who of both sides of criminal justice and the shadowy worlds between. He is the trusted confidant of cops, criminals, lawyers and judges. He knows where the cash is stashed and where the bodies are buried. Naked City is a collection of Silvester's best stories, from sophisticated heists to mindless acts of violence and deeds of pure evil - impeccably sourced, wry, wise and witty.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Sometimes, the things that come the easiest are the hardest to keep. Lesson learned. In a bold move, Olivia risks everything to put her name on the lips of the wealthiest art collectors in New York. But before she can achieve her career goals she must reimagine herself as a person, an artist, and a lover.

It's the dog days of a sweltering Manhattan summer, and four sophisticated best friends who once took New York by storm are secretly falling apart at the seams. Lucy's marriage to a renowned artist is slowly crumbling, with an explosive secret that threatens them both. Sarah, in the middle of auditioning for an auspicious new television show, realizes that her socialite standing is in jeopardy after countless disastrous events.

Funny, what people seem to want. In Art, Mystery, a controversial former footballer, now export agent specializing in chrome, accepts an unusual commission—to find and export a pornographic work of Renaissance art.

Drawing feels like magic to Peanut Jones. But art can't fix her problems. Her dad has gone missing, and she's stuck in a boring new school. Until the day she finds a unique pencil turbo-charged with special powers. Suddenly she's pulled into a world packed with more colour, creativity, excitement and danger than she could ever have imagined. And maybe, just maybe, she might find out what happened to her dad.

Aaron Berg reads his best-selling book, Mr. Manners, to a live audience in Long Island City.

WINNER OF THE PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL 2017, ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY This book is a collaborative project conceived by two old friends inspired by Paris. The writer, Robin Bower, and the artist, Christine Vandenbergh, have created a visual commentary of their impressions of a city known to be both a romantic cliché and a chaotic modern metropolis. Prose and poems, amidst a kaleidoscope of original artwork, showcase the artistic venues and artists of Paris. While highlighting the diversity of the people and its culinary delights, the book exhibits Paris as an enduring drawcard for art ...

This book is intended for mature audiences. It contains artistic depictions and sensual content. If you are not an adult, please do not proceed. If you are, we recommend reading this book in a private setting to fully immerse yourself in its intimate and provocative nature. --- What happens when two souls collide in the heart of New York City? Between the passion of art and the mysteries of desire, this book delves into the profound connections that shape us. Follow Isabel and her model as they embark on a daring journey of vulnerability, sensuality, and personal discovery. A bold, intimate...

Jeff has retired to Angeles City to live his dream - which is to bone a different girl every night. He also dreams about being the Gaugin of the Philippines; a western artist who paints beaches and bamboo huts as backdrops for beautiful Filipinas in bikinis. But when he hires Marika as a model, everything starts to go pear-shaped.